Lyrics When I Was One-And-Twenty - Malcolm Martineau, Thomas Allen, George Butterworth

When I Was One-And-Twenty

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard 1 say
«Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.»
But I was one-and-twenty
No use to talk to me
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again
«The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.»
And I am two-and-twenty
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true